March 28, 2016Comments Off on Marquette City Commission To Hear Parks Update

Marquette, MI – (Great Lakes Radio News) – The Marquette City Commission has a regular meeting tonight. Commissioners will be hearing a presentation from the City Parks and Recreation Advisory Board as well as a 2015 year review report form the Lake Superior Community Partnership. Also on the agenda is discussion of plans to increase […]

Houghton, MI – (Great Lakes Radio News) – The Michigan Department of Transportation says testing of the Portage Lake Lift Bridge between Houghton and Hancock is continuing this week as part of ongoing maintenance work. The testing will cause brief delays for motorists. Crews will be performing test lifts of the bridge span, requiring brief […]

March 25, 2016Comments Off on Senator Tom Casperson Talks About Oversight Of The DEQ, The Flint Water Crisis And Governor Rick Snyder

Marquette, MI – (Great Lakes Radio News) – State Senator Tom Casperson joined the SUNNY Morning Show with Walt & Mike today for a legislative update. Casperson talked about legislation he has put forth that would create a board that would oversee decisions made by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality. The Escanaba Republican also […]

March 25, 2016Comments Off on Illinois Man Gets Prison For U.P. Heroin Charge

Marquette, MI – (Great Lakes Radio News) – An Illinois man has been sentenced in Federal Court in Marquette to prison on a heroin charge. 31-year-old Raymond Bowser of Chicago was sentenced to five years behind bars and one year of supervised release. Bowser pleaded guilty in December to distribution of heroin within 1,000 feet […]

L’Anse, MI – (Great Lakes Radio News) – State Police at the Calumet Post are investigating a missing person from the L’Anse area. 33-year-old year old Joesph Edward Waisanen was last seen Sunday morning around 10:30 on Baraga Avenue in the City of L’Anse. Waisanen is described as a white male, 6’6″ tall, 240 pounds […]

March 25, 2016Comments Off on Fatal Gladstone Fire Remains Under Investigation

Gladstone, MI – (Great Lakes Radio News) – The investigation is continuing into a fire that claimed the life of one person yesterday in Gladstone. The fire was called in around 5:15 p.m. yesterday at a residence in the South Bluff area on the 500 block of Loueda Avenue. The fire was quickly put down, […]

March 24, 2016Comments Off on Three Arrested On Meth Charges In Escanaba

Escanaba, MI – (Great Lakes Radio News) – The Upper Peninsula Substance Enforcement Team is reporting the arrest of three people this week on meth charges. UPSET Detectives on Tuesday investigated a report of three Escanaba residents who had purchased components used to make meth. A search of a residence on North 16th Street in […]

Marquette, MI – (Great Lakes Radio News) – Wintry weather across the southern and central portions of Upper Michigan is causing several issues this morning. The National weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning into this afternoon for Menominee & Delta Counties. Heavy, wet snow and high winds are affecting travel along areas of […]

March 23, 2016Comments Off on NMU Wildcat Wednesday: Learn How To Become A Surgical Tech

Marquette, MI – (Great Lakes Radio News) – Northern Michigan University is offering potential students the chance to embark on a career as a surgical technologist. Surgical Technology Program Director Rick Lopez joined the SUNNY morning Show with Walt & Mike today for the latest Wildcat Wednesday. Lopez explained that surgical technologists handle the instruments, […]